Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Iran: Two Volunteers and Activists Arrested By the Intelligence Services

An
Ahwazi social activist Redha Kaabi, son of Hanash, have been arrested on 18 May
2016 by the intelligence services agents. He voluntarily handed himself in to
the intelligence services a day after they raided his home and took his father
and brother. The Arab social and cultural rights activist was critical of the local
member of parliament and wrote some articles against the poverty and
unemployment in the region.

Ahwazi Arab Activists: Ali Jalali (left) and Redha Kaabi (right)

Two
days later, on 20 May 2016, fellow activist, Ali Jalali, 45-year-old father-of-two, from Koei
Danyal, Shooshtar city, was also arrested.

Both men
were transferred to unknown location and their fate remains unknown.

They were in recent weeks voluntarily
helping and collecting donations for people affected by the recent catastrophic
flood, which many Ahwazis, including famers, believe the government was complicit
and it had deliberately flooded the region in order to drive the Ahwazi Arab inhabitants
out of their lands.